Warnervale, New South Wales

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Warnervale

Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
Location: 33°15′S 151°27′E
Wyong Shire area: 744.9 km²
Wyong Shire population (2001): 130,854
Postcode: 2259

Warnervale is a rapidly growing town in the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies approximately 90 km north of the Sydney CBD, located west of Tuggerah Lake, a large shallow coastal lake, and just north of Wyong.

1 History
2 The area
3 Future developments
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

Surveys of the area surrounding Warnervale have revealed that the area was previously inhabited by Australian Aborigines. The European development of Warnervale was first undertaken by Albert Hamlyn Warner who in 1893 acquired 12,000 acres (49 km²) of land. Warner was probably one of the Wyong area’s most notable residents and was strongly influenced by his travels in both Japan and the United States, which is today evidenced in road names such as Hakone, Minnesota, Virginia, Hiawatha and Nikko and his family home also named Hakone (now part of the Strathavon complex).

Over time the area originally known as Warnervale has been gradually subdivided into a number of other suburbs, including Kanwal and Watanobbi. Once composed of large acreages and significant wetlands, the area has rapidly been developed into a series of residential estates. This has led to a back-lash from environmentally motivated groups in the area, with the climax of the dispute involving the proposed development of the small Warnervale airport into a commercial and freight airport. This would have involved clearing a large area of wetland as well as causing heavy noise pollution for some residents. After a bitter court battle the venture was finally terminated.

A recent revision of Warnervale divided the remaining area into a Warnervale town centre as well as a number of surrounding smaller residential suburbs including Hamlyn Terrace and Woongarah.

[edit] The area

As a result of the rapid growth of estates in the suburb, Warnervale presently has relatively few facilities. Wyong Shire Council population projections in 1999 estimated an increase of 30,000 over the next 30 years in the Warnervale and Wadalba area, yielding an approximate population of 50,000. A number of new schools have been erected in the area to service the high youth population, but most of the workforce must commute, with over 25% working in the state capital Sydney in 2002. Wyong Hospital lies on the outskirts of Warnervale, and it has also undergone recent expansions to cope with the building population. Warnervale train station lies on the Central Coast line of the Cityrail network allowing transport between Newcastle and Sydney. Meanwhile, an airport in the suburb is presently used by small aircraft.

[edit] Future developments

The current development framework for Warnervale proposes the construction of a town centre to address the presently lacking infrastructure. This will involve a relocation of Warnervale train station as well as the establishment of numerous retail and shopping enterprises. Much of the Warnervale area lies in a mine subsidence region however, constraining some large commercial or industrial project designs.